In the 1800s, the education of First Nations children was taken on by various churches, in government-sponsored residential schools. Children were forcibly taken from their families in order to erase their traditional languages and cultures.
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When a young girl from the Gitxsan Nation argues with her brother, she remembers the teachings of her grandmother and goes in search of a stone to share her feelings with.
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When two red foxes have an argument which breaks apart their community, a gentle buffalo decides to take a braid of sweetgrass to a local elder and asks her to help with a sharing circle for all the animals.
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LA SÉRIE 7 GÉNÉRATIONS est une bande dessinée épique en deux volumes et quatre histoires : Pierre, Cicatrices, Rupture et Pacte. Elle raconte la saga d’une famille autochtone sur trois siècles et sept générations.
VOLUME 1 :
Pierre : Edwin fait face
VOLUME 1 :
Pierre : Edwin fait face
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LA SÉRIE 7 GÉNÉRATIONS est une bande dessinée épique en deux volumes et quatre histoires : Pierre, Cicatrices, Rupture et Pacte. Elle raconte la saga d’une famille autochtone sur trois siècles et sept générations.
VOLUME 2 :
Rupture : En 1967,
VOLUME 2 :
Rupture : En 1967,
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Selected for the Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s Best Books for Kids & Teens.
As the pain and loss of James’s residential school experiences follow him into adulthood, his life spirals out of control.
Grades: 9-12
As the pain and loss of James’s residential school experiences follow him into adulthood, his life spirals out of control.
Grades: 9-12
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Three young men—Flinch, Bryce, and Rupert—have vandalized their community and are sent by its Elders to live nine months on the land as part of the circle sentencing process. There, the young men learn to take responsibility for their actions and acquir
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In 1993, the remains of a young woman were discovered at Nagami Bay, Southern Indian Lake, Manitoba. Out of that important archaeological discovery came this unique story about a week in the life of Piisim, a young Cree woman, who lived in the mid 1600s.
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Amik tells Moshoom about his wonderful school. Then his grandfather tells him about the residential school he went to, much different from Amik’s school. So Amik has an idea….
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Miskwaadesi is puzzled about the teaching Truth. But she knows more than she thinks she does.
What is Truth, Betsy? is one book in The Seven Teachings Stories series. The Seven Teachings of the Anishinaabe—love, wisdom, humility, courage, respect, hone
What is Truth, Betsy? is one book in The Seven Teachings Stories series. The Seven Teachings of the Anishinaabe—love, wisdom, humility, courage, respect, hone
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When a boy brings his moccasins to his city school, his classmates have many questions. They are enthralled as he explains how his Kookum made them.
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This loving bedtime poem shares all the ways in which a family will welcome their long-awaited new member.
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Nikosis grew up going to powwows with his family, happily immersed in music, dance and the sounds of the drum. But when he starts going to daycare, he doesn’t feel like he belongs.
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Juggling soccer, school, friends and family leaves John with little time for anything else.
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For more than 150 years, thousands of Indigenous children were taken from their families and sent to residential schools across Canada.
Artist Carey Newman created the Witness Blanket to make sure that history is never forgotten.
Artist Carey Newman created the Witness Blanket to make sure that history is never forgotten.
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“A beautiful welcome and a thank you to the Indigenous child who brings joy into the parents’ lives.”—School Library Journal
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Peepeekisi Atayohkewina-Sacred Stories pf Peepeekisis Cree Nation
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